Firelands Regional Medical Center is offering a 14-hour medical terminology course.
This 14-hours course, conducted in eight class sessions and one final exam session, is designed for total learning retention featuring the Dean Vaughn system. This remarkable instructional system teaches students to easily remember, pronounce and apply medical terms.
For employees and students in a hospital setting; education or health-care business, the program Read the rest of this entry »
HARARE (AFP) — Nearly 300 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe, the United Nations said Friday, as health authorities battled to contain unprecedented countrywide outbreaks.
“The cholera outbreak has taken a national dimension. Newer outbreaks are reported from all provinces.” the UN’s Geneva-based Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement.
“The total number of suspected cholera cases in the country stands Read the rest of this entry »
Trudel currently works for FDA as Reviewer in CBER’s Division of
Manufacturing and Product Quality (DMPQ). Her duties include
reviewing Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) information in
biologics license applications and supplements; conducting
pre-approval and pre-license inspections for biologics; and
participating in various policy groups addressing CGMP, harmonization
and inspection related issues for biologics. She is an active
participant Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers said Tuesday they will look into a possible conflict of interest involving the head of a panel advising the government on the safety of a chemical used in many baby bottles and other plastic products.
The controversy involves Martin Philbert, a University of Michigan professor serving as chairman of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel reviewing bisphenol A’s safety.
A research center Philbert headed Read the rest of this entry »
An anti-obesity drug vastly outperforms currently available rivals, early trials suggest.
Danish tests of tesofensine, reported in The Lancet, found dieting patients on the highest doses lost up to 12.8kg (28.2lbs) in six months.
This is twice the level achieved by drugs such as sibutramine and rimonabant.
But UK experts warned that more trials were needed, and expressed concerned the results may have been hyped.
Tesofensine first came Read the rest of this entry »
Capitol Challenge is one of the Oklahoma Caring Foundation’s many events that encourage health and wellness. Through the Oklahoma Caring Van Program, it provides free immunizations to children utilizing mobile health units that visit child care centers, schools and community events across Oklahoma. Over 107,000 immunizations have been administered to 45,000 children statewide since 1999. The foundation’s Caring Program for Children provides free primary Read the rest of this entry »
“Health-conscious people tend to be eco-conscious as well, because
they understand the relationship between a healthy body and a healthy
planet,” says Marty Stevens-Heebner, Half the Sky Designs’ founder and
head designer. “We’re thrilled that Rebagz are turning up in gyms and
yoga classes everywhere.” And more people are flocking to get in
shape than ever. “In the year 2005, the projected number of frequent
health club attendees climbed to Read the rest of this entry »
Wolters Kluwer Health, a
leading provider of information and business intelligence for
students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied
health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced it
has completed the acquisition of UpToDate, the leading
evidence-based, electronic clinical information resource.
This acquisition reinforces Wolters Kluwer Health’s leading position
in the clinical decision support market and Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
I’m Doug Johnson.
This week…
And tell about people who ride their bicycles to work.
More Americans than ever are riding their bicycles to
work instead of driving. They are doing this because of gas prices, a slowing
economy and concerns about the environment. Faith Lapidus tells us more.
Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and
riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the Read the rest of this entry »
That’s the buzz as FDA commish Andy von Eschenbach prepares to resign prior to Barack Obama taking office in January. Woodcock, who has 22 years under her belt as an FDA insider, is apparently the top industry choice to succeed him, according to
, citing unnamed sources.
Whether this will fly is, of course, unclear. A whole bunch of possibilities are being tossed about this week, including Cleveland Clinic cardiologist and Obama adviser Read the rest of this entry »